We hear the haunting presentiment of a dutiful middle age in the current reluctance of young people to select any option except the one they feel will impinge upon them the least.

Quote by Gail Sheehy

Topics: Age Quotes

If every day is an awakening, you will never grow old. You will just keep...

If every day is an awakening, you will never grow old. You will just keep...

The perceptions of middle age have their own luminosity.

The perceptions of middle age have their own luminosity.

When men reach their sixties and retire, they go to pieces. Women go right on...

When men reach their sixties and retire, they go to pieces. Women go right on...

It is a silly question to ask a prostitute why she does it.. These are...

It is a silly question to ask a prostitute why she does it.. These are...

Changes are not predictable; but to deny them is to be an accomplice to one's...

Changes are not predictable; but to deny them is to be an accomplice to one's...

Would that there were an award for people who come to understand the concept of...

Would that there were an award for people who come to understand the concept of...

Would that there were an award for people who come to understand the concept of...

Would that there were an award for people who come to understand the concept of...

Creativity can be described as letting go of certainties

Creativity can be described as letting go of certainties

I'm very pleased to be here. Let's face it, at my age I'm very pleased...

I'm very pleased to be here. Let's face it, at my age I'm very pleased...

There is so much more than that little space from 14 to 40. And if...

There is so much more than that little space from 14 to 40. And if...

In an age when man has forgotten his origins and is blind even to his...

In an age when man has forgotten his origins and is blind even to his...

You couldn't get hold of the things you'd done and turn them right again. Such...

You couldn't get hold of the things you'd done and turn them right again. Such...

Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was...

Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was...

Live your life and forget your age.

Live your life and forget your age.

The biggest disease this day and age is that of people feeling unloved.

The biggest disease this day and age is that of people feeling unloved.

Age does not depend upon years, but upon temperament and health. Some men are born...

Age does not depend upon years, but upon temperament and health. Some men are born...

It is hard to go beyond your public. If they are satisfied with cheap performance,...

It is hard to go beyond your public. If they are satisfied with cheap performance,...

In this age of crowds in which I have determined to be a solitary, perhaps...

In this age of crowds in which I have determined to be a solitary, perhaps...

I was born at the age of twelve on an MGM lot.

I was born at the age of twelve on an MGM lot.

Old age hath yet his honor and his toil. Death closes all; but something ere...

Old age hath yet his honor and his toil. Death closes all; but something ere...